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Resources For Researchers and Labs Working On SARS-CoV-2

At MiTeGen, we are responding appropriately to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This includes:

We’ve compiled a list of SARS-CoV-2 resources for researchers and labs. (See Below) This list will be updated on a continuing basis.

We have implemented proper procedures and protocols to ensure continued operations at MiTeGen. We want to assure our customers and partners involved in research that we are here to supply you with the tools and services you need during this critical time.

We give priority order processing and reduced priority shipping rates to researchers and labs that need materials from MiTeGen for work on COVID-19 and the coronavirus. Learn more

SARS-CoV-2 Resource List For Researchers and Labs

The following list contains resources for researchers and labs working on SARS-CoV-2.

If you have any additional resources you believe are relevant please use the contact form at the bottom of this page to provide us with that information.

CoVIC – Contribute antibodies for testing as part of the CoVIC. Antibody contributors will be able to see the performance of their own molecules in the study and also take part in the analysis. Contact(call for contribution)

Australian Academy of Science – Has setup a COVID-19 database where those with relevant expertise can register and contribute to COVID-19 research (call for contribution)

COVID-19 Open Structures – Join the Open Structure Initiative to help to accelerate structural understanding of COVID-19. Share your expertise in Modelling, X-Ray Crystallography or Cryo-EM. (call for contribution)

Funding Sources For SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Research

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – Open call for research and innovation ideas to address COVID-19. UKRI will support (fund) excellent proposals of up to 18 months duration which meet certain criteria (funding source – UK)

Diabetes UK – Calls for applications that will further the understanding of COVID-19 in relation to people living with diabetes – Deadline is April 20th (funding source – UK)

COVID-19 Funding Opportunities – Managed by John Hopkins – Includes an extensive list of US government funding opportunities including grant revisions (funding sources – United States )

National CryoEM Facility – Is open for data collection operations in support of COVID related research projects. Submission of unscreened sample grids is available. (cryo-EM instrument access – United States)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Remote rapid access is available to support research into the COVID-19 virus and the search for effective diagnostics and therapies at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). Includes neutron macromolecular crystallography, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, spectroscopy and imaging beamlines. (instrument access – United States)

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) – Is providing rapid access for research on coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Scientists who want to use neutrons to study the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19 will have special and privileged access to neutron macromolecular crystallography (NMX), small angle neutron scattering (SANS), and neutron spectroscopy. (instrument access – Germany)

ALBA Synchrotron -A “COVID-19 Rapid Access” call has been established, valid through the year 2020. Quick peer and safety review will be applied to the received proposals (instrument access – Spain)

ESRF – Is willing to consider any priority research on Covid-19 that may need the exceptional use of ESRF facilities, including its cryo-electron microscope and its structural biology beamlines, which can be made available exceptionally. (instrument access – France)

LENS initiative – Priority access to several advanced neutron sources are available for research on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (instrument access – Multiple Locations in Europe)

FragMAX – Offers support for users in all stages of the fragment screening campaign, including sample preparation, data analysis and results export

CEITEC Masaryk University – Offering priority access, free of charge, to their equipment in shared laboratories including research expertise for research that may lead to the development of a vaccine or drug against COVID-19 (equipment, laboratory access, expertise – Czech Republic)

COVID-19 HPC Consortium – Researchers can submit COVID-19 related research proposals to the consortium via their online portal, which will then be reviewed for matching with computing resources from one of the partner institutions. (computing resources)

HECBioSim – An online resource featuring up-to-date links for covid19 related research that falls within the biomolecular modelling and simulation umbrella (modelling and simulation)

CompBioMed – A consortium redirecting research effort and funding to computational investigations that will improve our understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, COVID-19, and accelerate the development of treatment options, including antiviral drugs and vaccines. (computational resources)

Proteopedia – Has published a COVID-19 resource page. This is a “crowdsourced page (made up till now by scientists from Israel, Czech Republic, France & the USA), is of interest to the general public as well as to scientists studying the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.” Source Joel Sussman – Includes potential treatments, video resources on COVID-19 and more. (resource page)

ERF-AISBL – Lists research infrastructures such as biobanks, synchrotrons, and more – found via the Lens Initiative(resource page)

Instruct-ERIC – Instruct is offering priority access to structural biology services for research projects related to SARS-CoV-2, to support scientists in their efforts to develop a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19 (research project support)

PDBe-KB COVID-19 Data Portal – Features dedicated PDBe-KB pages to highlight important structural features from released PDB entries. These pages include all observed ligand binding sites and protein-protein interaction residues, to help researchers easily identify important structural features to support the development of treatments and vaccines. (resource page)

SARS-CoV-2 – Coronavirus Research Papers

The NIH COVID-19 Portfolio Tool – A resource to analyze COVID-19 literature – Includes text mining tools that help analyze and summarize over 45,000 coronavirus articles and more (literature analysis)

NYU Lit Covid – Mission is to deliver “concise, standardized, and easy to use breakdowns of the literature related to COVID19”. They provide PDF versions of their analysis via Google Drive. (literature analysis)

Cambridge University Press – Has made all 700 textbooks currently available in HTML format on Cambridge Core free to access until the end of May to assist readers during the Covid-19 outbreak (research papers)

On Going SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Projects

AcceS-Ge CoViD-19 – A Beamline project for accelerated structural genomics on proteins coding for the pathogen responsible for the CoViD-19 in vivo macromolecular crystallography pipeline. It involves a collaboration between the PROXIMA-1 beamline at SOLEIL Synchrotron and a few laboratories including the INRAe and the pharmaceutical company SANOFI.

IUCr Special Issue Coronaviruses (Spring 2020) – Structural biology’s important role in fighting the current COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus. Also contains articles and abstracts on coronaviruses that have been published in IUCr journals. (interesting read)

Exscalate4CoV Project – E4C aims at leveraging EU’s super computing resources coupling them with some of the continent’s best life-science research labs to counter international pandemics faster and more efficiently additional information(interesting read)